Interior Cabin sole gelcoat (Floor ) cleaning. Still thinking about to keep original gelcoat on cabin sole and built in cabin "furniture". During 40 years and and my and not only my repair activity "white" floor was used actively and had was weathered pretty much. Fortunately gelcoat layer is pretty descent, so I decided to sand it to clean polish and wax it. Easy to say, but it is a lot of work. about 10 hours work on the floor with 3 types of sanders and manual sand blocks. sanding order 120 grit, 240, 320, 400, 600. After 600 plastic still have satin look, but it is really smooth. There several places where gelcoat was too thin and I sanded th the glass. Yes, it is some imperfection , but I would rather left them as is. I processed all "white" parts on the floor in the cabin. Wood covered areas (as you remember we removed all rotted plywood) does not require so clean sanding and cleaning, just 80 grit sand to remove old glue and make surface prepa...
Refitting and restoration 44 years old Irwin Citation 34 sailboat. Originally Blog is made to motivate myself to continue this hard work. DIY Step by step work. Working almost single-handed. Going to make the boat seaworthy and put it in salt water. Most records are just reminders what and when was done. If you are interesting in some details, please put request to comment. I will provide more information.